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testbankprovidersell · 1 year ago

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Test Bank for Core Concepts of Accounting Information Systems, 14th Edition Mark G. Simkin

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 Accounting Information Systems and the Accountant 1 1.1 Introduction: Why Study Accounting Information Systems? 1 1.2 Careers in Accounting Information Systems 2 Traditional Accounting Career Opportunities 2 Systems Consulting 2 Fraud Examiner or Forensic Accountant 3 Information Technology Auditing and Security 4 Predictive Analytics 5 1.3 Accounting and IT 6 Financial Accounting 6 Managerial Accounting 9 Auditing 12 Taxation 14 1.4 What are Accounting Information Systems? 14 Accounting Information Systems 14 The Role of Accounting Information Systems in Organizations 18 1.5 What’s New in Accounting Information Systems? 19 Cloud Computing—Impact for Accountants 19 Corporate Responsibility Reporting 20 Suspicious Activity Reporting 21 Forensic Accounting, Governmental Accountants, and Terrorism 22 Corporate Scandals and Accounting 22 Chapter 2 Accounting on the Internet 32 2.1 Introduction 32 2.2 The Internet and World Wide Web 33 Internet Addresses and Software 33 Intranets and Extranets 34 The World Wide Web, HTML, and IDEA 35 Groupware, Electronic Conferencing, and Blogs 35 Social Media and its Value to Accountants 36 2.3 XBRL—Financial Reporting on the Internet 37 XBRL Instance Documents and Taxonomies 38 The Benefits and Drawbacks of XBRL 38 The Current Status of XBRL 40 2.4 Electronic Business 41 e-Accounting 41 Retail Sales 42 E-Payments, E-Wallets, and Virtual Currencies 43 B2C, B2B, and C2C E-Commerce 46 Electronic Data Interchange 47 Cloud Computing 48 2.5 Privacy and Security on the Internet 51 Identity Theft and Privacy 51 Security 53 Spam, Phishing, Spoofing, and Ransomware 53 Firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems, Value-Added Networks, and Proxy Servers 54 Data Encryption 57 Digital Signatures and Digital Time Stamping 58 Chapter 3 Information Technology and AISs 69 3.1 Introduction 69 3.2 The Importance of Information Technology to Accountants 70 Six Reasons 70 The Top 10 Information Technologies 71 3.3 Input, Processing, and Output Devices 72 Input Devices 72 Central Processing Units 78 Output Devices 80 3.4 Secondary Storage Devices 81 Magnetic (Hard) Disks 82 CD-ROMs, DVDs, and Blu-Ray Discs 83 Flash Memory 84 Image Processing and Record Management Systems 84 3.5 Data Communications and Networks 85 Communication Channels and Protocols 85 Local and Wide Area Networks 86 Client/Server Computing 89 Wireless Data Communications 90 Cloud Computing 93 3.6 Computer Software 93 Operating Systems 93 Application Software 94 Programming Languages 95 Chapter 4 Accounting and Data Analytics 109 4.1 Introduction 109 4.2 Big Data 110 Volume 110 Velocity 110 Variety 111 Veracity 112 4.3 Analyzing Data 112 Data Procurement 113 Data Provisioning 115 Data Analysis 116 Presentation 117 4.4 Enabling Technologies and Tools 118 Data Access 118 Analysis and Data Visualization Tools 121 4.5 Data Analytics and the Accounting Profession 123 Tax Accounting 123 Managerial Accounting 124 Assurance and Compliance 125 Chapter 5 Integrated Accounting and Enterprise Software 134 5.1 Introduction 134 5.2 Integrated Accounting Software 135 Small Business Accounting Software 136 Mid-Range and Large-Scale Accounting Software 138 Specialized Accounting Information Systems 138 5.3 Enterprise-Wide Information Systems 139 Enterprise System Functionality 140 The Architecture of Enterprise Systems 142 Business Processes and ERP Systems 145 Benefits and Risks of Enterprise Systems 145 5.4 Selecting a Software Package 149 When is a New AIS Needed? 149 Selecting the Right Software 149 Chapter 6 Introduction to Internal Control Systems and Risk Management 163 6.1 Introduction 163 Definition of Internal Control 164 Internal Control Systems 165 6.2 COSO Internal Control—Integrated Framework 165 2013 COSO Report 165 6.3 Enterprise Risk Management 169 COSO ERM Introduction 169 2004 ERM Framework 169 2017 ERM Framework 171 Risk Governance and Culture 172 Risk, Strategy, and Objective Setting 173 Risk in Execution 174 Risk Information, Communication, and Reporting 174 Monitoring Enterprise Risk Management Performance 175 6.4 Examples of Control Activities 175 Good Audit Trail 175 Sound Personnel Policies and Procedures 175 Separation of Duties 177 Physical Protection of Assets 179 6.5 Monitoring Internal Control Systems 183 Reviews of Operating Performance 183 COSO Guidance on Monitoring 183 Operating Performance vs. Monitoring 183 COBIT 5 184 6.6 Types of Controls 186 Preventive Controls 186 Detective Controls 187 Corrective Controls 187 Discerning Between Preventive, Detective, and Corrective Controls 187 6.7 Evaluating Controls 188 Requirements of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act 188 Cost–Benefit Analysis 188 A Risk Matrix 190 Chapter 7 Computer Controls for Organizations and Accounting Information Systems 200 7.1 Introduction 200 7.2 Enterprise-Level Controls 201 Risk Assessment and Security Policies 202 Designing a Security Policy 202 Integrated Security for the Organization 203 7.3 General Controls for Information Technology 204 Access to Data, Hardware, and Software 204 Personnel Policies to Protect Systems and Data 209 Additional Policies to Protect Systems and Data 211 7.4 Application Controls for Transaction Processing 217 Input Controls 218 Processing Controls 221 Output Controls 223 Chapter 8 Accounting Information Systems and Business Processes: Part I 234 8.1 Introduction 234 8.2 Business Process Fundamentals 235 Overview of the Financial Accounting Cycle 235 Coding Systems 236 8.3 Collecting and Reporting Accounting Information 237 Designing Reports 238 From Source Documents to Output Reports 239 8.4 The Sales Process 241 Objectives of the Sales Process 242 Inputs to the Sales Process 243 Outputs of the Sales Process 246 8.5 The Purchasing Process 247 Objectives of the Purchasing Process 247 Inputs to the Purchasing Process 250 Outputs of the Purchasing Process 251 8.6 Current Trends in Business Processes 254 Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) 254 Business Process Management Software 256 Chapter 9 Accounting Information Systems and Business Processes: Part II 266 9.1 Introduction 266 9.2 The Resource Management Process 267 Human Resource Management 267 Fixed-Asset Management 270 9.3 The Production Process 272 Objectives of the Production Process 272 Inputs to the Production Process 277 Outputs of the Production Process 278 9.4 The Financing Process 279 Objectives of the Financing Process 279 Inputs to the Financing Process 281 Outputs of the Financing Process 281 9.5 Business Processes in Special Industries 282 Professional Service Organizations 283 Not-for-Profit Organizations 283 Health Care Organizations 285 9.6 Business Process Reengineering 287 Why Reengineering Sometimes Fails 288 Chapter 10 Cybercrime, Fraud, and Ethics 296 10.1 Introduction 296 10.2 Cybercrime and Fraud 297 Distinguishing between Cybercrime and Fraud 297 Cybercrime Legislation 300 Cybercrime Statistics 303 10.3 Examples of Cybercrime 304 Compromising Valuable Information 304 Hacking 305 Denial of Service 307 10.4 Preventing and Detecting Cybercrime and Fraud 309 Enlist Top-Management Support 309 Increase Employee Awareness and Education 309 Assess Security Policies and Protect Passwords 310 Implement Controls 311 Identify Computer Criminals 312 Maintain Physical Security 313 Recognize the Symptoms of Employee Fraud 314 Use Data-Driven Techniques 316 Employ Forensic Accountants 316 10.5 Ethical Issues, Privacy, and Identity Theft 317 Ethical Issues and Professional Associations 317 Meeting the Ethical Challenges 318 Privacy 319 Company Policies with Respect to Privacy 320 Identity Theft 320 Chapter 11 Information Technology Auditing 329 11.1 Introduction 329 11.2 The Audit Function 330 Internal versus External Auditing 330 Information Technology Auditing 331 Evaluating the Effectiveness of Information Systems Controls 335 11.3 The Information Technology Auditor’s Toolkit 337 Auditing Software 337 People Skills 340 11.4 Auditing Computerized Accounting Information Systems 340 Testing Computer Programs 341 Validating Computer Programs 342 Review of Systems Software 343 Validating Users and Access Privileges 344 Continuous Auditing 345 11.5 Information Technology Auditing Today 347 Information Technology Governance 347 The Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 347 Auditing Standard No. 2201 (AS 2201) 349 ISACA Information Technology Assurance Framework 350 IIA’s Global Technology Audit Guides and Guide to the Assessment of IT Risk series 351 Chapter 12 Documenting Accounting Information Systems 358 12.1 Introduction 358 12.2 Why Documentation is Important 359 12.3 Primary Documentation Tools 362 Data Flow Diagrams 363 Document Flowcharts 368 System Flowcharts 372 12.4 Other Documentation Tools 377 Program Flowcharts 378 Decision Tables and Decision Trees 379 Software Tools for Graphical Documentation and SOX Compliance 381 12.5 End-User Computing and Documentation 383 The Importance of End-User Documentation 383 Policies for End-User Computing and Documentation 385 Chapter 13 Developing and Implementing Effective Accounting Information Systems 398 13.1 Introduction 398 13.2 The Systems Development Life Cycle 399 Four Stages in the Systems Development Life Cycle 399 Systems Studies and Accounting Information Systems 401 13.3 Systems Planning 401 Planning for Success 401 Investigating Current Systems 403 13.4 Systems Analysis 403 Understanding Organizational Goals 403 Systems Survey Work 404 Data Analysis 406 Evaluating System Feasibility 406 13.5 Detailed Systems Design and Acquisition 408 Designing System Outputs, Processes, and Inputs 409 The System Specifications Report 412 Choosing an Accounting Information System 413 Outsourcing 416 13.6 Implementation, Follow-Up, and Maintenance 417 Implementation Activities 417 Managing Implementation Projects 419 Postimplementation Review 421 System Maintenance 422 Chapter 14 Database Design 434 14.1 Introduction 434 14.2 An Overview of Databases 434 What is a Database? 435 Significance of Databases 435 Storing Data in Databases 437 Additional Database Issues 439 14.3 Steps in Developing a Database Using the Resources, Events, and Agents (REA) Approach 442 Step 1—Identify Business and Economic Events 443 Step 2—Identify Entities 444 Step 3—Identify Relationships 444 Step 4—Create Entity–Relationship Diagrams 445 Step 5—Identify Attributes of Entities 446 Step 6—Convert E-R Diagrams into Database Tables 447 14.4 Normalization 449 First Normal Form 449 Second Normal Form 450 Third Normal Form 451 Chapter 15 Organizing and Manipulating the Data in Databases 462 15.1 Introduction 462 15.2 Creating Database Tables in Microsoft Access 463 Database Management Systems 463 Using Microsoft Access 463 Creating Database Tables 464 Creating Relationships 466 15.3 Entering Data in Database Tables 468 Creating Records 468 Ensuring Valid and Accurate Data Entry 469 Tips for Creating Database Tables and Records 472 15.4 Extracting Data from Databases: Data Manipulation Languages (DMLs) 473 Creating Select Queries 473 Creating Action Queries 477 Guidelines for Creating Queries 478 Structured Query Language (SQL) 478 Sorting, Indexing, and Database Programming 479 Chapter 16 Database Forms and Reports 490 16.1 Introduction 490 16.2 Forms 490 Creating Simple Forms 492 Using Forms for Input and Output Tasks 496 Subforms: Showing Data from Multiple Tables 497 Concluding Remarks about Forms 498 16.3 Reports 498 Creating Simple Reports 499 Creating Reports with Calculated Fields 502 Creating Reports with Grouped Data 504 Concluding Remarks about Reports 506 Glossary (Available online at http://www.wiley.com/college/simkin) Index 516 Read the full article

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thena0315 · 4 years ago

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Attack on Titan: The Final Season will be in 2 Parts

Episode 1: Chapters 91 & 92 Episode 2: Chapters 93 & 94 Episode 3: Chapters 95 & 96 Episode 4: Chapters 97 & 98 Episode 5: Chapters 99 & 100 Episode 6: Chapters 101 & 102 Episode 7: Chapters 103 & 104 Episode 8: Chapters 105 & 106 Episode 9: Chapters 107 & 108 Episode 10: Chapters 109 & 110 Episode 11: Chapters 111 & 112 Episode 12: Chapters 113 & 114 Episode 13: Chapters 115 & 116 Episode 14: Chapters 117 & 118 Episode 15: Chapters 119 & 120 Episode 16: Chapters 121 & 122

The Final Season Blu-ray/DVD Volume 1 will be released on May 19th, 2021

Chapter 123 - Chapter 138 (most likely last chapter) will be animated once the manga is completed early next year.

Then the remainder half for Part 2 should be:

Episode 17: Chapters 123 & 124 Episode 18: Chapters 125 & 126 Episode 19: Chapters 127 & 128 Episode 20: Chapters 129 & 130 Episode 21: Chapters 131 & 132 Episode 22: Chapters 133 & 134 Episode 23: Chapters 135 & 136 Episode 24: Chapters 137 & 138

*There are rumors stating that the final chapters will be put in a movie rather than episodes. But take that as a grain of salt, nothing is confirmed. What is confirmed is the ENTIRE finale chapters will be animated.

#attack on titan #shingeki no kyojin #attack on titan the final season #attack on titan season 4

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whimsicallyenchantedrose · 3 years ago

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Fridays—Chapter 171: The Analysis, chapter 4

Pairing: Captain Swan

Summary: A series of unrelated, fluffy one shots featuring Killian Jones and Emma Swan and the relationship that makes us all swoon. Will contain both canon and AU stories. My contribution to Operation Rainbow Kisses and Unicorn Stickers (aka, my attempt to drown out the season 4 finale angst with ridiculous levels of fluff.)

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Note: Big thank you to @jrob64 for making the above art for this story!

Emma took one last look in the mirror, fluffing her hair and touching up her lipstick. She nodded, pleased with the look she’d managed to achieve. She’d taken far longer than she’d like to admit choosing her dress for tonight’s date with Killian. She wanted to look nice, but keep it a touch on the casual side, not wanting to scare him away anymore than she no doubt already had with her paper.

She’d landed on a yellow, thigh length shirt dress with tiny black polka dots, black buttons down the front and a thin black belt. During class, she’d caught him looking at her hair more than once, and so she’d opted to leave it down, beach waves teased the slightest bit for some extra volume.

She imagined him running his fingers through her tresses, letting the hair slide gently through his fingers as he brought her toward him for a kiss. Would he be that bold on a first date? She rather doubted it, but she wanted it. Oh, how she wanted it.

There was so much she wanted, and she hoped, given enough time and enough dates, she’d get all of it.

Emma supposed she should be a touch freaked out that she was already thinking about long term with Killian, but she wasn’t. All of this felt right, and she couldn’t wait to begin the relationship that she hoped would span many, many years.

With one last tossel of her hair, Emma turned off the bathroom light and stepped into the common room of the apartment. She couldn’t help but chuckled as she came face to face with Mary Margaret and Ruby, huge smiles plastered across their faces.

Mary Margaret raised a camera to her eyes and snapped away as Emma came fully into the room.

“What are you doing?” Emma asked with a laugh.

“Somebody has a big date tonight,” Mary Margaret said in a singsong voice, “and I thought it needed to be documented with photos.”

Emma rolled her eyes good-naturedly. “Don’t oversell it. It’s just a first date.”

“It is not just a first date, and you know it,” Ruby countered. “You’re head over heels for that man already, and if what I saw at lunch this afternoon was any indication, he’s just as far gone as you.”

Emma felt her stomach swoop. She couldn’t deny it. She was far gone for Killian. “Yeah, well, don’t you dare scare him off or there might not end up being a second date.”

“I don’t know, Emma,” Mary Margaret said, snapping another picture from a different angle. “Ruby’s right. Killian does seem to be really into you. I have a feeling it would take a lot more than our good-natured ribbing to scare him off.”

Their conversation was interrupted by a tentative knock at the door, and Mary Margaret squealed, clapping her hands in delight. “He’s here!”

Emma shook her head, smiling at her friends’ antics, feeling her heart begin to pound in anticipation of the night ahead. She opened the door, and promptly lost any and all train of thought she might have had.

Killian looked amazing. Dark, black jeans, royal blue button up, black sports coat, hair artfully mussed. He grinned a touch self-consciously as he held a single, long-stemmed red rose out to her. Emma felt a rush of desire, the strongest urge to simply pull him toward her and kiss the holy hell out of him.

Probably not the best way to start the date, although, if she had anything to say about it, that urge would certainly play itself out at some point during the evening.

“Swan,” he breathed, “You look…”

She grinned at him. “I know,” she said cheekily.

He chuckled, stepping forward to offer her the rose he carried. She took it, bringing it gently to her nose and inhaling the luscious aroma. “Thanks.”

After taking a moment to put the rose in water, Emma grabbed a coat . “Shall we?” she asked.

“Absolutely,” he answered, guiding her from the apartment with a hand to the small of her back.

“Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do!” Ruby called from her perch on the sofa.

“Pretty sure there’s nothing you wouldn’t do, Rubes,” Emma answered with a laugh.

Her friend winked at her. “Exactly.”

With another laugh, and a shake of her head, Emma stepped out the door, sharing a smile with Killian.

“Sorry about them,” Emma said as they walked down the flight of stairs and Killian gestured to a black chevelle. He led her to the passenger side, gallantly opened the door, and helped her inside. “They mean well. They’re just a little…much…sometimes.”

He smiled fondly at her as he slid into his seat behind the wheel and started the engine. “They only want your happiness, Swan, and I certainly can’t fault them for that. I…I only hope I can provide that for you.”

He was so self-deprecating, and had such a low opinion of himself. They’d need to work on that. One day she hoped to show him how very much he mattered.

“You’re already succeeding on that front,” she reassured. His resulting smile was utterly delighted.

“So,” Killian said, turning toward her. “Where are we headed, Swan?”

“I booked us reservations at that little Italian restaurant downtown,” Emma said. “Belle Notte, I think it’s called.”

“Never been there,” Killian said with a nod, pulling away from his parking spot on the street and heading in the direction she’d indicated, “but I’ve heard it’s quite the romantic spot.”

“I hope so,” Emma answered. “I was hoping to pull out all the stops and really make an impression on this date.”

The smile he gave her was nothing short of absolute adoration. “Emma, I assure you. You can’t help but make an impression. I’ve no doubt the smile wouldn’t leave my face even if you’d planned on staying in and eating cold left-overs whilst wearing sweats.”

The drive to the restaurant was short, only a few minutes, and they filled the time with small talk. Once parked, Killian hurried to her side of the car to open the door, and after he’d shut it behind her, she reached out and took his hand, lacing their fingers. He looked startled for a moment, but he didn’t pull away. Indeed, after a moment, he squeezed her hand, a delighted grin joining the twin spots of color on his face.

A smiling hostess showed the two of them to their table, and true to form, Killian held her seat for her before taking his own.

“Such a gentleman,” she murmured, reaching over and taking his hands in both of hers as soon as they were situated. She couldn’t help herself, just wanted to touch him, be connected to him. This pull she felt between them was so strong, so irresistible it almost scared her.

Almost.

But she felt so good, so utterly and incandescently happy being here with him, that there was no room for fear or any other negative emotion.

“I strive to always be a gentleman, love,” he said. “My brother taught me the importance of treating a woman with respect.”

“I didn’t know you had a brother!” Emma said, caressing his hand with her thumb.

He glanced aside, the shadows filling his eyes for just a moment. “He passed some years back.”

She felt like an absolute heel. “Killian, I’m sorry,” she said. “If I’d known, I’d never have brought it up.”

He smiled gently at her, waving away her concerns. “Not at all, Swan,” he said. “It was long ago. The pain has faded enough that I can remember him fondly.”

A waitress stopped by their table, giving them menus and listing the specials of the night. As soon as she’d walked away, Emma turned toward Killian. “Should I order us some drinks?”

He glanced aside, scratching at the back of his ear. “No, I…I don’t think so.”

“Afraid you’ll find me even more irresistible after a few libations?” she flirted.

He reddened further, even as he grinned. “No,” he answered. “I’m fairly certain it’s not possible for me to find you any more irresistible than I do right now. You, love, are extraordinary.”

This time Emma’s cheeks reddened as she smiled at the compliment.

“It’s just…” he went on, looking uncomfortable again. “I’m sort of…allergic…to alcohol. Never touch the stuff.”

It was odd. He seemed beyond embarrassed to admit the fact, perhaps even ashamed. She shrugged. “It’s no big deal. We don’t need booze to make for an enjoyable night.”

“Really?” he asked, eyes widening. “I’ve endured more than my fair share of mockery for my preference for goats milk over hard liquor.”

There it was again, his low opinion of himself. It was long past time to begin moving him past that.

“Killian,” she said, lacing their fingers and squeezing his hands. “I wish you could see yourself the way I see you. You are…honestly, you’re kind of amazing.”

He colored even more. “I’m not so sure about that…”

“Well, I am,” she said firmly. “So how about you take my word for it? Whoever it was in your past that made you feel less-than was an idiot, and they didn’t have a clue what they were missing.”

His eyes softened at her words, something big and overwhelming–gratitude? Hope?--shining from them.

“I have to admit, goat’s milk is kinda a weird substitute for alcohol,” she chuckled, “but hey. To each their own.”

Dinner was an enjoyable affair. The food was good, and the conversation was even better. As they talked and laughed, sharing tidbits about their lives, their hopes and dreams, Emma found herself enjoying everything about Killian. It was more than just the animalistic attraction she felt toward him. She genuinely liked him; enjoyed his company; felt that above and beyond the romantic feelings they might have for each other, they could become deep and lasting friends.

Emma knew that regardless of what their relationship might bring–whether it worked out or didn’t–she wanted to keep him in her life.

When dinner finished, neither of them wanted the evening to come to a close, and so they opted to go to a local park, holding hands as they strolled through the nature pathways under the stars. It was a magical night, with romance in the air, though Emma suspected there was truly nothing special about the night or the air. It was the man she was with. He brought the butterflies just with his smile.

When had she gotten so cheesy? She was so into him it was ridiculous.

By the time the evening chill began to descend upon them, they returned to his car, knowing the end of the date was fast approaching.

He didn’t start the car immediately, instead gazing sightlessly down at the steering column, looking like he was warring within himself. Finally he turned to look at her, and there was trepidation in his eyes. He seemed to be girding up his courage to say something to her, and Emma felt a hint of unease.

Didn’t he enjoy tonight as much as she did?

“Emma…:” he began, drawing out her name.

“Killian, whatever it is, just tell me,” she said, feeling the unease grow at his strange behavior. “If you aren’t into me or whatever, it’s okay. I can handle it.”

His eyes widened. “I’m making a right mess of this,” he said. “Of bloody course I’m into you. This has been…well, it’s been the most enjoyable evening I’ve spent in years. It’s just…remember how I told you I don’t, um, pillage and plunder on the first date?”

“Yeah?”

“Well, it’s…um…it’s more than that,” he admitted. “I’ve actually…well, I’ve never slept with a woman. None of my past dates have ever gotten that far. And…I just hope it’s not a problem for you if we take things slowly. It’s not that I’m not attracted to you. Gods, but I am! It’s just…”

He broke off, shrugging self-consciously.

Her heart turned over, the tenderness overwhelming her when he glanced aside.

She reached up, turning his face toward her, meeting his eyes. “Killian, trust me, it’s not a problem. I’m not exactly all that experienced either.”

“You’re not?” he asked. “A woman as beautiful and desirable as you?”

She smiled gently at him. “I mean I’ve had long make out sessions, some heavy petting, that sort of thing, but I’ve never, you know, given all of myself to any man.”

He looked surprised, but he reached up and took her hand, squeezing gently.

“It’s not that I’m some sort of prude or something,” she said. “It’s just…”

How did she explain this?

“Aye?” he prompted. “It’s just what?”

“Killian, I told you I grew up in the foster system, right?”

He nodded.

“I never met my parents. Have no idea who they are or why they gave me up,” she said, “but I like to imagine they had this epic love story, that they were like, I don’t know, Snow White and Prince Charming or something. I like to imagine they didn’t want to give me up, but something–some outside force or curse or something–separated us, and one day I’ll find them again, and I’ll be inspired by their love for the ages–both for each other and for me.”

He cupped her face, caressing her cheek with his thumb.

“I know it’s stupid,” she said, “and I’m not naive. I’m sure the truth is nothing like that, but…I wish it could be. When I think about having sex with a guy, I want it to be like that fairy tale I imagine for my parents. I want it to mean something, not just be the scratching of an itch, not just something you do because you’re dating somebody or because you find the other person hot. When I sleep with a guy, I want it to be because I am truly, genuinely in love with him. So no. I have no objection to us taking this thing as slowly as you want.”

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They stood awkwardly before her apartment door a few minutes later. Emma had never wanted a night to end less, and yet she knew if she invited him inside she would find it very difficult to abide by his desire to take things slowly.

The question was, just how should they bring this evening to a close?

Killian shuffled his feet awkwardly one to the other, looking aside, and Emma could read him well enough by now to know if anything more was going to happen tonight, she’d need to be the one to make it happen.

Every fiber of her being wanted something more, and as she’d never been one to stand on ceremony, she went for it, grabbing him by his lapels and dragging him to her. She’d surprised him; she could tell, and for the barest fraction of a second, he froze, but then he was kissing her back, tentatively bringing one hand to the back of her head and holding her to him, wrapping the other arm around her waist and pulling her close.

From the first touch of her lips to his, it was like a fire erupted within her. This was bliss. This was heaven, but she needed more.

Opening her mouth, she swiped her tongue against the seam of his lips, and he gasped in response. She took full advantage of the moment, plunging her tongue within the confines of his mouth. His resulting moan was the single most sensual thing she’d ever experienced in her entire twenty-two years of existence.

She pulled him even closer, so close that she could feel the rumble of his moans against her chest, could feel the evidence that though his mind and heart wanted to take things slowly, his body very much did not.

It was time to end this–unfortunately–before they both completely lost their heads and started going at it right out here in the open. With great difficulty, Emma pulled her mouth free, resting her forehead against his, because she needed a minute.

(More than a minute, really. More like a lifetime, but it was far too early in the relationship to have those kinds of thoughts.)

For several moments, they merely stood there, foreheads pressed together, both breathing so heavily they sounded as though they’d sprinted up ten flights of stairs. Finally, Killian took a step backwards and smiled, looking into her eyes with awe.

“That was…” he began.

“Even better than I imagined when I wrote about it,” she said with a delighted giggle.

“Aye,” he agreed, his smile, if possible, widening even more.

She reached over, ran her hands from his shoulders down to his hands, linking their fingers, and stepping back into his space. She wanted nothing more than to surge up and take his lips again–kissing Killian Jones was addicting as hell–but with restraint she felt she really deserved a medal for, she resisted.

“May I ask you something?” she murmured instead.

“Of course.”

“Will you go out with me again?”

His smile grew, and really, what more answer did she need?

After murmuring goodnight, Emma slipped inside, leaning back against the door, closing her eyes and smiling in utter rapture. She’d told him she wanted a fairy tale, and this evening had been as close to one as she could ever imagine getting. Her heart was so full, she doubted it could contain another drop of joy.

Perhaps this was the infatuation stage of the relationship. Perhaps things would eventually cool down to something of a slow burn between them, but she was determined to bask in the joy of falling in love for as long as she was able.

“Looks like someone had a good date,” Ruby said from her spot on the sofa.

Emma looked over and barked out a laugh. Both Ruby and Mary Margaret sat on the sofa, excited smiles on their faces, looking every bit like parents waiting up for their daughter after her prom.

“Nah, it wasn’t a good date,” Emma said with a happy sigh as she plopped herself down on the couch in between her two best friends. “It was quite possibly the best date in the history of dating.”

“Tell us everything,” Mary Margaret said excitedly. “I want all the details.”

And that was a request Emma was more than happy to agree to.

Notes:

–I accept no responsibility for the cavities you may have gotten from the ridiculously sugary fluffiness of this chapter. I just wanted to try to capture the joy and euphonia of the very beginning of a relationship.

–In canon, I loved how supportive Killian was of Emma, how much he believed in her and built her up at every turn. But at the same time, I kind of hated that we didn’t get as much of Emma building up Killian. I get it; I really do. Her walls being as high as they were, it was very difficult for her to let her guard down enough to do so, but I wanted to kind of reverse the roles in this au. Killian was the one who needed to be supported and believed in and built up, and Emma was more than happy to do it.

–BTW, in this universe, there is no Neal, because 1. In my opinion any universe where Neal does not exist is a good universe and 2. While this version of Emma has some walls, she doesn’t have as many as in canon. In my opinion, in canon Emma’s difficult upbringing in the foster system of course scarred her, but it was what Neal did–not only leaving her but framing her for his crimes–and its subsequent consequence–being forced to give up her son–that truly cemented the walls around her heart.

–I have an exciting announcement for you! As you all know, smut is not my thing, and I don’t feel comfortable writing it, but jrob64 has agreed to take up this story universe and write a companion piece in which we get a glimpse of just what it was that Emma wrote in her mistaken paper–and we get to see Emma and Killian act them out. You can find her story here

NEXT CHAPTER-->

#cs ff #captain swan fluff #cs fluffy fridays #fluffy fridays #my fanfiction #the analysis

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whitecatlegend · 4 years ago

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Master Post

This is the master post of all the chapters translated so far. You can also find all the translated chapters here on Mangadex

UPD: The list started getting long, so I’m grouping them 10 chapters in a line, sorry if it’s less convenient for navigation.

UPD 2: I now have the printed version, so I’m going to organize the chapters by arcs as per the printed volume (the names are just my own invention to distinguish the arcs somehow).

Donghua

Complete season 2 hardsubs

Season 2 soundtrack

Bonus content:

What is the Dali court?

FAQ:

History of the manhua | Story timeline (as of s2) | s1e03 document | Li Bing’s title |

Spring Festival Special

| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |

Alternate Universe stories:

| 4 (Ace Attorney p.1) | 5 (Ace Attorney p.2) |

Main story:

Arc 1 - Meeting the Dali Court

| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |

Arc 2 - The Black Cloud (Yi Zhihua investigation and Cui Bei’s curse)

| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |

Arc 3 - A Series of Unfortunate Events (Li Bing’s Medicine and Alibaba’s Exam)

| 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 |

Arc 4 - The Birthday Banquet

| 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 |

Arc 5 - The Aftermath

| 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 |

Arc 6 - The Bozhou Massacre

| 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 |

Arc 7 - The Case’s Conclusion

| 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 |

Arc 8 - The Truth of the Past

| 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 134 |

Arc 9 - Lies Uncovered

| 135 | 136 | 137 | 138 | 139 | 140 | 141 | 142 | 143 | 144 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148 |

Arc 10 - Fall from Grace

| 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 158 | 159 | 160 |

Arc 11 - Betrayal of Cannibalism

| 161 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 166 | 167 | 168 | 169 | 170 | 171 | 172 | 173 |

Arc 11

| 174 | 175 | 176 | 177 | 178 | 179 | 180 | 181 | 182 | 183 | 184 |

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Togashi’s Comments from the Table of Contents (1990-1994)

WSJ #23 to WSJ #32 (1993)

Volume 14: Chapters 119 to 128

ᐊ Volume 13: Chapters 110 to 118 Volume 15: Chapters 129 to 138 ᐅ

1993

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°23 (May 24, 1993)

★ Chapter 119. "Into the Lion's Den...!!" (虎穴に入らずんば・・・！！の巻, Koketsu ni Irazunba...!!)

Table of Contents:

"I'm addicted to Super Famista 2. Hanshin's No 8 is "Togashi". He is a slugger with 59 home runs." - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 スーパーファミスタ２にはまった。阪神の８番は"とがし"。本塁打59本の強打者だ。〈義博〉

T/N: Super Famista 2 is a baseball game software for the Super Famicom, published by Namco. It was released in Japan on March 1993. "Slugger" is a hard-hitting batter in baseball.

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°24 (May 31, 1993)

★ Chapter 120. "Who's the Mastermind?!" (主謀者は誰だ！？の巻, Atama wa Dareda!?)

Table of Contents:

"I don't like cutting corners in order to reduce my work schedule, and it's also painful to do that to meet the deadlines. This time it's also the latter." - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 スケジュールをつめるための手抜きはいやだし、締切りのためのそれも辛い。今回も後者です。〈義博〉

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°25 (June 7, 1993)

★ Chapter 121. "Murder Surgery!!" (殺人手術！！の巻, Satsujin Shujutsu!!)

Table of Contents:

"I went to my parents' house during the consecutive holidays. It was a good rest, both mentally and physically. I'm fully recharged (!?)" - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 連休中は実家へ。精神的にも肉体的にも、いい骨休みになりました。充電は十分(！？) 〈義博〉

T/N: consecutive holidays = The Golden Week.

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°26 (June 14, 1993)

★ Chapter 122. "The Cry of a Shadow!!" (影の叫び！！の巻, Shadō no Sakebi!!)

*In this issue: the results of the "9th Catch Phrase Grand Prix" and Yusuke's illustration drawn by Togashi to the winner, a 14-years-old from Kumamoto Prefecture. The winner’s catchphrase was: "A true man's paradise" 「真の男の極楽浄土」*

*Also, the promo of the first Yu Yu Hakusho Movie to the summer of 1993: "A big battle over the Golden Seal". An original screenplay that premiered on July 10th, 1993. The original character Koashura was designed by Togashi-sensei.*

Table of Contents:

"I, the president of the National Unhealthy Alliance, have started playing things like tennis. Togashi, this idiot was scared and hesitant about it." - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 全国不健康同盟会長の私がテニスなど、はじめてしまいました。冨樫め日和ったな。〈義博〉

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°27 (June 21, 1993)

★ Chapter 123. "No Choice...!!" (殺るしかない・・・！！の巻, Yaru Shika nai!!)

Table of Contents:

"Even now, when I hear the ending of Sunday Western Movie Theater, I feel uneasy and wonder: 'Oh no, school starts again from tomorrow'..." - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 今だに日曜洋画劇場のエンディング）を聞くと「あーあ明日からまた学校か」という気になる…。〈義博〉

T/N: TV Asahi's "Sunday Western Movie Theater" (Nichiyō Yōga Gekijō), as the name suggests, broadcast Western movies, mostly Americans, dubbed in Japanese on Sunday evenings. Nagaharu Yodogawa, the late Japanese film critic, was the host of the show until his death in 1998, and was known for closing each program with his signature line "Sayonara, sayonara, sayonara". After his closing lines, the song "So in Love" by Cole Porter was played as the ending theme of the show.

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°28 (June 28, 1993)

★ Chapter 124. "Fierce Rain...!!" (激しい雨が・・・！！の巻, Hageshī ame ga!!)

Table of Contents:

"I got hooked on Super Famicom's "Pachinko Monogatari", and used that energy to play real pachinko. I lost badly." - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 SF/Cの『パチンコ物語』にハマリ、その勢いで本物のパチンコやったら大敗けした。〈義博〉

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°29 (July 5, 1993)

★ Chapter 125. "The Man They've Been Looking For!!" (探していた男！！の巻, Sagashite ita Otoko!!)

Table of Contents:

"I went from 3 to 4 packs of cigarettes a day to 1 pack at most. When I started playing sports, it naturally decreased..." - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 1日3〜4箱だったタバコが多くて1箱に。スポーツを始めたら自然に減ったきた…〈義博〉

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°30 (July 12, 1993)

★ Chapter 126. "The Black Chapter!!" (黒の章！！の巻, Kuro no Shō!!)

*Yu Yu Hakusho is on the cover of this issue*

Table of Contents:

"I'm happy because I often have nightmares lately. The other day I woke up on the verge of being killed by a zombie." - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 最近悪夢をよく見るので嬉しい。先日はゾン��に殺される寸前で目が覚めたのだった〈義博〉

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°31 (July 19, 1993)

★ Chapter 127. "A Bloody Past!!" (血塗られた過去！！の巻, Chinura Reta Kako!!)

Table of Contents:

"'Yu Yu' GOODS are arriving at the workplace one after another. It's funny how some of them make me smile wryly." - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 仕事場に「幽遊」ＧＯＯＤＳが次々と届いている。苦笑してしまうものもあって面白い。〈義博〉

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°32 (July 26, 1993)

★ Chapter 128. "Aura Lightning Kickboxing!!" (霊光裂蹴拳！！の巻, Reikō Resshūken!!)

Table of Contents:

"The thrice most unpleasant season has arrived. There's nothing more painful than summer when you have a job. Ice Age, please come." - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 三度いやな季節到来。仕事を持って��時の夏ほどつらいものはない。氷河期きてくれ。〈義博〉

*On October 4, 1993, Volume 14 (Chapters 119 to 128) was published!*

▼ Togashi’s comment from the dust jacket of volume 14. Translation by VIZ Media.

ᐊ Volume 13: Chapters 110 to 118 Volume 15: Chapters 129 to 138 ᐅ

#weekly shounen jump #table of contents #yoshihiro togashi #Yu Yu Hakusho #volume 14 #chapters 119-128 #WSJ 23 to WSJ 32 (1993)

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So last night I was thinking about the 5th season of mha and how much of the manga it might cover. *note the 4th season ended at about chapter 193 in the manga* so I found that season 3 ends on volume 14, chapter 124. Season 4 then starts on chapter 125 and ends at 193 like stated above.

With this info I have found I guess that each season covers about 50ish chapters. Which would make sense since there are 4 seasons that cover about 200 chapters.

Now back to how much season 5 might cover:

⚠️mha manga spoilers from chapter 200 on⚠️

You've been warned!!

The 5 season will cover the training exercise done with class 1b as shown in the trailer, but if we put my theory to test, it probably will include the league of villains taking over the liberation army.

*Saving the enormous fight that just ended in the manga for the 6th season*

⚠️end of spoilers⚠️

Now, when I was googling stuff to back up my theory, I found that the author, Kohei Horikoshi, was in an interview at chapter 80. In this he mentioned that he was only a tenth of the way in. Meaning, if he keeps up with his sires, he could have 800 chapters all together! Now put my theory of 50 chapters per season. This means we could easily have 16 seasons of mha!

Imma let this sink in for yall. I know I'm excited to follow his journey.

Also here's a link to a site that has the free translation of the manga

For those who are reading after the series, start at chapter 193.

#anime #mha #theory #i hope there's 16 season #ive become todoroki #manga

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ardwar δίδωμι; Ardwar, sasine of

ardwar, Henry, Esq. collector of customs 1 Ardwar [δίδωμι], do; unde dos unde 2 these; ardwar and subject, on some particular day in alacrity 3 ardware for rendering 4 ardwar; man 5 Ardwar, sprachen 6 Satgír, Ardwar 7 ardwar Buru 8 Ilsl ardwar * * a Cllrig, • y 9 blinds ardwar im paint 10 ardwar canal 11 weirs to turn the water into the ardwar channel into the river 12 Ardwar, sasine of Ardwar, Glenlirak, Nethir Taymouth... cum aquis et salmonum picariis earundem... 13 of ardwar late 14 Ardwar can be obtained from 15 Yoo - . . . ardwar . - boo 16 ardwar night and day 17 ardwar The light that says “There it is!” What made him go in? 18 to the shipyard and harbour at Ardwar 19

sources

ex the Liverpool Directory, in Bailey’s Northern Directory, or, Merchant’s and Tradesman’s Useful Companion, For the Year 1781. Containing An Alphabetical List of the Names and Places of Abode of the Bankers, Merchants, Manufacturers, and other eminent traders, in every principal town from the River Trent to Berwick upon Tweed; with the Cities of London and Westminster, Edinburgh, and Glasgow. Compiled with great care and accuracy. (Warrington, 1781) : 232 (BM accession Aug 1854; BL copy, digitized March 28, 1781) aside — a nicely printed volume (in Caslon), marred only by mispagination; restrained, beautiful title page. Henry’s, bring John Berryman to (this) mind. 2 ex entry for “endow,” in George William Lemon (1726-97 *), his English Etymology: Or, a Derivative Dictionary of the English Language : In Two Alphabets, tracing the etymology of those English Words, that are derived I. From the Greek, and Latin Languages; II. From the Saxon, and other Northern Tongues... (London, 1783) : 17 a messy OCR cross-column misread, and misconstrual of the Greek δίδωμι, yielding “Ardwar.” 3 ex letters — this on “Effects of Religious Missions” from A.H. — in The Gentleman’s Magazine 127 (February 1820) : 125-127 (126) 4 OCR misread of display type, advertisement for “T. N. Breed & Colk, Manufacturers and Importers of Hardware, Shoe, Caulkers’, Sailmakers’, & Harness Tools, Portable, Treadle and Spindle Grindstones, Machinery, &c.” in Boston Directory, for the year 1855, embracing the City Record, a general Directory of the Citizens, and a Business Directory. (Boston, published by Geo. Adams, July 1, 1855) : 33 (of appendix advertising department) 5 ex cross-column misread of multiple advertisements, at The Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette (April 30, 1859) : 396 6 OCR misread for “Archivar,” and cross-column jump, at Magazin für die Literatur des Auslandes (Leipzig and Berlin; 23 October 1862) : 514 7 ex William Irvine, “The Bangash Nawábs of Farrukhábád—A Chronicle, (1713-1857)” in Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 47 (1878) : 259-383 (328) 8 ex Vol 3, Plate IV. Bengal and Assam, in entry for Bengal 562-570, in The Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ninth edition, popular reprint, Vol. 3 (New York, 1888) : 562 9 a messy OCR confusion, involving entries for “Fort Pitt Malleable & Grey Iron Co.” and “Pitts Penn Hardware Co., Reading, Pa.,” in Hendricks’ Commercial Register of the United States (for Buyers and Sellers), 19th annual edition (New York, 1910) : 928 aside — Michigan copy, misdated in Google (but allowed to stand, out of chronology). 10 OCR struggle with artistic display advertisement of Geo. H. Fernald, Sanford, Fla., at The Florida Agriculturist 19 (February 17, 1892) : 112 11 ex map, in Census of India, 1901, vol. 16, N.-W. Provinces and Oudh. Part I. Report, by R. Burn (Allahabad, 1902) : 8 12 ex Chapter 9, “River Training and Land Reclamation. River Conservancy.” in Herbert M. Wilson. Irrigation in India (Second edition). USGS Water-Supply and Irrigation Paper No. 87 (1903) : 223 13 ex Appendix, George Powell M’neill, ed., The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland 22 (1589-1594). (Edinburgh, 1903) : 505 aside — good language, within. 14 ex snippet view (only, alas, and a skipped word or two) at Whitaker’s Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage (1905) : 587 15 ex OCR misread of “autocar” (faint scan) at The Autocar : A Journal Published in the interests of the mechanically propelled road carriage. (May 4th, 1912) : 830 16 ex snippet view (only, alas) at The Aeroplane 13 (1917) : 1782 17 ex something about “Auto Vacuum Freezers” (snippet only), at The Advertising News 24 (1917) : 17 18 ex OCR misread, “Eveready Daylo” flashlight advertisement, in Hardware Dealers’ Magazine 50 (October 1918) : 639 19 cross-column misread (snippet view only), at The Surveyor and Municipal and County Engineer (1919) : 119

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These are some answers to the question, is “ardwar” a word, and if so, how. It is a place, on the eastern shore of Loch Ardvar (see entry at the Gazetteer of Scotland) — satellite view map view of same — and Hardwar (among several spellings), in the north of India (Uttarakhand State).

The highlands Ardwar — might it have something to do with “Hardware” its appearance as a surname?

#ardwar #compiled with great care and accuracy #hardware #tercet

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connie32 · 4 years ago

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FRUITS BASKET SEASON 3 FINAL

My rough guess is how the Fruits Basket series for the third season will look like.

1) Chapter 99-100

2) Chapter 101 - 102

3) Chapter 103 - 104

4) Chapter 105 - 106

5) Chapter 107 - 108

6) Chapter 90 - 91

7) Chapter 92 - 93

8) Chapter 109 - 110

9) Chapter 112 - 113

10) Chapter 114 - 115

11) Chapter 116 - 117

12) Chapter 119 - 120

13) Chapter 121 - 122

14) Chapter 123 - 124

15) Chapter 125 - 126

16) Chapter 127 - 128

17) Chapter 129 - 130

18) Chapter 131 - 132

19) Chapter 133 - 134

20) Chapter 135 - 136

21) Epilogue Volume 23.

#fruits basket #furuba #fruits basket spoilers #furuba spoilers #fruits basket manga #fruits basket manga spoilers #fruits basket season 3

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Can you give me list of recommended stories with Dick as Robin in chronological order, from year one to the end of Robin career..

I'd love to try... But this is a very tricky one. It’s impossible to know what the in-universe chronology is supposed to be, given the Crisis reboot, that Golden/Silver age stories and Bronze/modern age stories have at times been considered two different universes, the odd publishing of DickRobin stories long after he became Nightwing, contradicting origin stories, etc.

That being said. Here is a list of my favourite DickRobin stories, in what I would guess is approximately in-universe chronological order. Most of them are stories that, at the time of their publishing, were canon and in continuity. But I can't resist to put in "Grimm", “Geometry” and two stories from the Black and White series (both can be found in volume 4). They’re not clearly not in the main universe so you can imagine they happened ;-)

There are several other origin stories for Dick; one that has made a significant impact on fanfiction writers is Robin annual 4. Some like it – I don't. I do rather like Dark Victory, a 14 part comic book, but Dick is only in the later chapters, and it's not in the main universe.

To be honest, not all of the older comics on my list are examples of great storytelling. Older superhero comics are definitely something else compared to modern comics, for better and for worse. I've picked some because they are ”the first time” or significant in some way (e.g. the first time Dick was almost killed, the times when Bruce has to fight to keep custody), others because they have a cute or fun moment.

There are very few Teen Titans books in here. They are group titles, and I find it difficult to, off the top of my head, recall any "special Dick issues". I think the New Teen Titans first years are definitely worth a look, even if they haven't aged well in all aspects and personally I prefer when there's fewer space wars and demons. So the only issue on my list is "Who is Donna Troy?". (That is not to be missed, mind you.)

Anyway, it turned out to be a very long list, and I’m sure I could find a few more I’d like to recommend… I’ve marked a slightly shorter list with asterisks if you prefer. And if you’re simply after some fun stories and are not bothered about continuity, don't forget Batman ’66.

Robin the Boy Wonder. Detective Comics # 38 *

Batman: Year three. Batman #436-439. *

The Gauntlet. The Batman Chronicles #1. *

Robin: Year One. *

Grimm. Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #149-153. *

The case of the honest crook. Batman #5.

The Batman plays a lone hand. Batman #13.

Robin studies his lessons. Batman #18. *

Bruce Wayne loses the guardianship of Dick Grayson. #20. *

Clay. Batman Black and White # 6. *

Don't know where, don't know when. Batman Black and White #1. *

Dick Grayson, author. Batman #35.

The Clocks of Doom. Star Spangled Comics #70.

The man Batman refused to help! Star Spangled Comics #88.

A birthday for Batman. Star Spangled Comics #91.

Robin, the Boy Failure. DC #145.

The killer-dog of Gotham city. Star Spangled Comics #100.

The trial of Bruce Wayne. Batman #57.

Race of the century. DC #157.

Dick Grayson, detective. Star Spangled Comics #111.

The strange costumes of Batman. DC #165. *

The robberies in the Batcave. DC #177.

Partner for Batman. Batman #65.

Batman II and Robin, junior. Batman #66.

The plainclothes Robin. Star Spangled Comics #112. *

Operation Escape. Star Spangled Comics #124.

The new team of Superman and Robin. World’s Finest Comics #75. *

Batman, jr. DC #231.

The grown-up Boy Wonder. Batman #107.

The last days of Batman. Batman #125.

Robin’s new boss. Batman #137. *

Robin Dies at Dawn. Batman #156. *

The Olsen-Robin team versus the Superman-Batman team. World’s Finest Comics #141. *

The thousand-and-one dooms of Mr. Twister. The Brave and the Bold #54.

Teen Titans: Year One. *

Midnight raid of the Robin gang, DC #342. *

The Round-Robin death threats. DC #366-367.

The Nemesis from Batman’s boyhood. DC #370.

Batgirl breaks up the dynamic duo. DC #369.

Batman! Drop dead… twice. DC #378-379. *

Geometry. Superman # 700. *

Menace of the Motorcycle Marauders. Batman #202. *

Operation blindfold. Batman #204-205. *

Angel… or devil. Batman #216.

Prisoners of the Immortal world. WFC #200. *

Daughter of the Demon. Batman #232.

Vengeance for a cop. Batman #234-236. *

Night of the Reaper. Batman #237.

Earth - the monster maker. Justice League of America #91-92. *

How many times can a Robin die? Batman #246.

The return of the Flying Grayson. Batman #250. *

Color me deadly. Batman #316.

The Iron solution. DC #487.

The Man in Black wears Green. DC #493.

The Lazarus Affair (plus). Batman #331-335. *

Yesterday's heroes. Batman #339.

To kill a legend. Detective Comics #500.*

Who is Donna Troy? New Teen Titans #38.*

#dick grayson #robin #batman #nightwing #detective comics

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hourly-yugi · 2 years ago

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#yami yugi #seto kaiba #yugioh #yu gi oh #volume 14 chapter 125

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testbankprovidersell · 1 year ago

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Solution Manuals for Core Concepts of Accounting Information Systems, 14th Edition Mark G. Simkin

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ohgodohnoherewego · 4 years ago

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Total Appearances: 688 Volume 14 Appearances: 77 Volume. 14, Chapter. 125

#haikyuu!!#haikyū!!#haikyuu yamaguchi #yamaguchi tadashi

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eddycurrents · 5 years ago

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BPRD: Hell on Earth ~ Flesh and Stone - Chapter One

Story: Mike Mignola & John Arcudi | Art: James Harren | Colours: Dave Stewart | Letters: Clem Robins

Originally published by Dark Horse in BPRD: Hell on Earth #125 | November 2014

Collected in BPRD: Hell on Earth - Volume 11: Flesh and Stone | BPRD: Hell on Earth Omnibus - Volume 4

Plot Summary:

Howards dreams of long ago. Enos dreams of his new military grade gear and ammunition. Evelyn dreams of senpai noticing her. Iosif dreams of his long lost family. Liz dreams of vegetables. And everyone deals with the nightmare of the current state of the world.

Reading Notes:

(Note: Pagination is in reference to the chapter itself and is not indicative of anything found in the issue or collections.)

pg. 1 - Opening the story in the past with mammoths is nice. This scene from James Harren and Dave Stewart is gorgeous.

pg. 2 - I also think it’s interesting that we’re getting more of Howards’ life as Dennar. It gives us a different perspective of this time in a different cycle of the war against iterations of the Ogdru Hem and their minions.

pg. 4 - Love the drive here. The seriousness. And then how it transitions into the next page.

Also, I find it hilarious (but smart) to have also painted the protective symbols on their wolf.

pg. 6 - These abandoned towns are very creepy.

pg. 7 - I’m also somewhat amazed that Enos is still around. He spent much of his early appearances complaining about everything and now he just seems to be around to needle everyone else. I’m surprised he hasn’t been eaten yet.

pg. 8 - Another nice transition here. Though instead of a visual parallel, it’s between mentioning New York and then being in New York.

It is absolutely insane, though, that there’s a monument to Zinco’s last CEO and that his assistant is obsessed with leaving flowers.

pg. 9 - This is just such a completely weird dynamic.

pg. 12 - It would seem that the reports of his death have been greatly exaggerated. It’s sad after all that Liz did, including burning up a large portion of one of the rivers, that the Black Flame has survived. He’s also looking a lot more swole.

pg. 14 - I like seeing Iosif before he was sent away and died. Also, he seems to be dreaming about his own rest, not just the sturgeon’s.

pg. 15 - His clunkier suit is interesting.

pg. 17 - Varvara’s very chatty. I wonder how her wards are holding.

pg. 18 - Fenix giving Liz advice on where to plant a garden is interesting.

pg. 19 - Also the subtle dig at her not waking up early. Hilarious.

pg. 20 - I like chatty Howards. Also, Enos is going to get himself killed.

pg. 22 - I wonder what this fumigation ultimately does.

Final Thoughts:

We’re back to the main present BPRD narrative here and it’s pretty much what you’d expect from the first chapter of a larger arc, checking in on the different main players and giving at least some sort of idea for a larger direction. Like going town to town to try to clear out the Ogdru infestation. It’s always interesting in these longer arcs that they tend to ease us into the madness. A nice bit of grounding before everything hits the fan.

d. emerson eddy sometimes feels like floating idly down the Volga.

#Give 'em Hellboy #Hellboy #BPRD #Hell on Earth #Flesh and Stone #Mike Mignola #John Arcudi #James Harren #RaisingHellboy #270

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sonitavalentine · 6 years ago

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Ship Game

I guess I was tagged by @eb-byestelle, @eternalyumelove and @purebloodprincess for this. I know, it’s super later to make this now but I was super busy and wanted to make this thing anyway xD

So, uh...

1.What are your top 10 manga/anime ships of all time?

I guess, it’s in no specific order, but:

Kaname & Yuuki, Vampire Knight

Hak & Yona, Akatsuki no Yona

Yuuri Katsuki & Viktor Nikiforov, Yuuri on Ice

Touka Kirishima & Kaneki Ken, Tokyo Ghoul

Tomoe & Nanami Momozono, Kamisama Hajimemashita

Gilgamesh & Arturia Pendragon, Fate/Zero

(I know this gif isn’t from FZ, don’t @ me)

Hei & Misaki Kirihara, Darker than Black

Aaaaaannd... thta’s only seven, but if I add more to have ten, there will be ships from already mentioned animes and I don’t wan’t it to be repeated plus I don’t include ships that are barely in manga. Let it be like this bc I’m a lazy ass.

2. What gif or screenshot most sums up your ship?

I tried my best, look above.

3. Describe your favorite ship in seven words or less.

Have mercy on me, it’s gonna be less.

Kaname&Yuuki: eternal, erotic, painful.

Hak&Yona: Supportive, cheerful, sub/dom (lol).

Viktuuri: distant but close, different but similar, simply amazing.

Touka&Kaneki: tender, patient, accepting.

Tomoe&Nanami: sarcastic, divine, inspiring.

Gilgamesh&Arturia: don’t ship it if you’re in an adequate state of mind xD royal, magnificent, equal.

Hei&Misaki: frienemies and eneriends lol, understanding, unrequited.

4. What’s your go-to episode or scene when you need ship feels?

Kaname&Yuuki: the chapter with vampire ball (don’t remember the number) and chapter 89. Sorry not sorry.

Hak&Yona: hoenstly, I can’t choose. They have so many cool moments. Probably one of them will be the moment I included into the gif - so much care and love in their eyes. And also the moments when Hak teases Yona in the beginning of the story xD

Viktuuri: episodes 7 and 10, of course I think every viktuuri says the same lol

Touka&Kaneki: chapter 125, wedding chapter, the latest chapter. And episode in Re: when Haise saw Touka for the first time - it’s friggin beautiful T_T

Tomoe&Nanami: Yukiji arc.

Gilgamesh&Arturia: lolol xD Okay, the royal talk with them and Rider - I think this is where Gil got his interest on Saber.

Hei&Misaki: Them sitting under the false sky and talking about stars T_T again, I don’t remember the episode, my memory is a trash can sometimes.

5. What song or songs remind you of your favorite fandom, character or ship?

Here I don’t have much to tell bc not all ships had a song I ever associated them with, but:

Kaname&Yuuki: Apocalyptica feat. Doug Robb - Not strong enough

Gilgamesh&Arturia: Megaherz - Mein Gral

honestly, I can give you a full playlist of songs that remind me of Yume than other ships lol because the music I usually listen to is dark and suits them very well

Tomoe&Nanami: Buck Tick - Nocturne

6. What ship are you embarrassed to admit you like?

Ehhhh, okay not like I’m embarrassed to ship them but embarrassed to talk about them because there’s a lot of my friends who have a preference on another ship that is super popular. So it’s Gino and Akane from Psycho Pass xD And it’s weird because I still have nothing against Kougami and Akane, but sometimes something inside me fights with my feelings and tells me that Gino and Akane could do a pretty good married couple. I still see Kougami more like a Kasanova style so giving him to Akane only is unfair xD even though they also look good. So yeah, it’s weird, next question.

7. Do you prefer to indulge in (consume or create) fanart or fanfic of your favorite ship?

Create fanfic, I’m a writer to the core.Consume fanart, I’m a visual type.

8. Smut or fluff?

Smut. However, if you ask me “smut or angst/drama”, I choose angst/drama. I’m not really into fluffy sugar-coated type of scenes lol.

9. What task are you most likely to procrastinate so you can indulge in your ship or fandom?

Nothing, I just indulge into it when I have enough time to enjoy it: I can’t enjoy anything when I know I have Damocles’ sword of an important task above me.

10. How many hours of the day do you spend reading fanfic or looking at fanart or other media?

Altogether (fanfiction, fanart, etc) it’s about 1-2 hours per day, in busy days it’s 0 hours per day :D

11. How many memorabilia’s do you own of your favorite fandom or ship (clothes, plushies, etc.)?

Not many, I have a prefect’s bandage from VK and phone case with Yume, the rest of memorabilia I have don’t relate to animamnga (expect for volumes).

12. If you could own one authentic item from your favorite fandom world, what would it be?

Nothing specific, but I’d give a leg and more for owning the videos of all performance of Viktor and Yuuri - I love figure skating so it’d be amazing to see all their famous entries.

13. What is the strangest thing you’ve done to honor your favorite fandom, ship or character?

Nothing.

14. What fandom have you found to be too toxic to deal with?

To some extent every fandom is toxic, but among those I dealt with VK wins the first place without a doubt.

15. Do you have or would you consider getting a tattoo depicting your favorite ship or fandom?

Nope, I like seeing tattooes on other people, but scarcely I’d decide to do it on myself. If only something not too big and pretty, but not fandom related definitely.

16. If the creators of your favorite fandom asked you to write the ship canon-confirmation episode, what will you write/how will it happen?

I’ll skip it, because most of my ships are canon, and those that aren’t claim more from my side than simply write a small paragraph on how they can become canon.

Okay, idk who already been tagged?, so I go with @white-queen-lacus @yumikuran11 @vk-crzy @yumiko27 @enchantingdaizy and whoever feels like doing this!

#ship game #personal

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